Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 1040

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Hundreds of mages lay unconscious amidst the collapsed pavilions, corridors, and decks.

Between the shattered, broken, and cracked floating magic tower steps and the sand dunes of the desert.

On the fragments of the deck where the roar had subsided, Lenok, wreathed in lightning, stood alone, gazing at the sky.

Whioooo!!!

From beyond the cloudy sky, a giant eye of lightning opened, tearing through the darkness.

A chilling sight as the sapphire-glowing lightning rotated like a pupil, looking down at the ground.

It was the exact same phenomenon that occurred when Thorben’s war tower appeared in the middle of the 49th district.

‘Lyell said that the Thunder God Sanctuary was responsible for the tower’s power.’

The reason this massive war tower could transcend space and appear above the Balkan was understandable if it was a premonitory phenomenon caused by using the power of the Thunder God Sanctuary.

If the appearance of the lightning eye in the sky was a symbol of contact with the Thunder God Sanctuary.

Thinking this, Lenok took out a cigarette from his pocket and put it in his mouth.

Chiiik!!

“Hoo…”

After lighting it and exhaling smoke, Lenok slowly turned his body.

His face showed fatigue from the continuous battles, but there wasn’t a single scratch on his shirt.

The spell bombardment from the Thorben Tower. The engagement of the war mages who received Lyell’s reinforcements.

Aerial combat through summoning magic and war tower manipulation, and domain battles using the power of the war domain to its limit.

He had single-handedly destroyed nearly half of the tower’s forces, but Lenok felt no particular emotion about it.

He knew that the main force of the war tower, the strongest mages led by the 8th level, had not yet fully engaged.

“…”

Gooooooo…!!!

Lyell, floating above the destroyed pavilion, silently looked down at him.

A blue-masked man appeared at the rear of the half-destroyed deck, silently staring at Lenok.

Even a young-looking woman, grinning while holding a house-sized lightning hammer.

While Lyell, who had not intervened except to deploy the magnetic domain, was one thing, the other two were powerful figures whose levels were difficult to gauge.

The blue mask, scattering a chilling aura, and the woman wielding the tower lord’s lightning magic were both clearly incredibly skilled.

If they were to clash head-on, Lenok wouldn’t be able to afford to analyze and observe their magic with the same composure as he was now.

However, Lenok already had an idea as to why they had only revealed themselves at this late hour.

“It’s also something to consider that the tower’s single combat power is excessively strong.”

Lenok, with a cigarette in his mouth, opened his mouth, looking at Lyell.

“To have to divide forces to engage in combat so as not to interfere with each other. Don’t you think it’s ironic?”

“It’s the opposite, Kyunryeo.”

Lyell replied quietly.

“Rather, it is precisely because of that, that we must try, even once, against a transcendent like you at this moment.”

“…”

“To gauge how much chance of victory there is by pitting the tower’s main force against an irresistible transcendent. It was something that had to be calculated someday, both in theory and practice, in terms of justification and practicality.”

Lyell’s gaze, looking down at Lenok, was endlessly calm.

“With this, Thorben’s lightning will be able to shine even more sharply and brilliantly. But…”

She hesitated, then shook her head with a bitter smile.

Even she, who had been through countless battlefields while expanding her war business, couldn’t help but be amazed by the power Lenok had just shown.

Above all, the divine skill Lenok showed at the end, which broke through the domain-

“I never even imagined that you would directly touch my grandfather’s domain.”

“I’ve fought Akendrias El Thorben directly before.”

Lenok replied, smoking his cigarette.

“After facing the tower lord’s magnetic domain, I could guess what that domain would feel like.”

“…”

“I just thought that if I could overload the war domain in advance and open the Thunder God Sanctuary, I could save time.”

“Saving time… that idea and sense are already beyond even the highest realm.”

While Lyell was at a loss for words and smiled bitterly, Lenok turned to the blue-masked man and asked.

“So, is that guy my opponent now?”

He had only brought out the False Guiding Star [a magical artifact] to neutralize the domains of the Saint-level mages and quickly overload the war domain.

If the high-ranking mages of the Thorben Tower wanted the next step, he had no intention of backing down here.

Above all, the man wearing the blue mask was clearly a skilled individual who had reached the 8th level.

He couldn’t tell if he was comparable to the tower lord, but he was definitely an incredibly powerful figure.

“Let’s finish this quickly before the Thunder God Sanctuary fully opens.”

Kwajijijik!!

With a light shoulder rotation, lightning exploded from Lenok’s shoulder blades.

Tilting his head back and explosively raising his magic power, Lenok stared intently at the blue-masked man.

“Or should I start first?”

“…”

The blue-masked man did not respond to Lenok’s words.

A nonchalant reaction that seemed like he had no intention of having any conversation with Lenok in the first place.

Lenok stared at the man with a blank face, and the moment he twisted his fingertips to create a spark of lightning.

The man opened his mouth.

“If there is something more important than competing with spells, it would be right to prioritize that.”

“What?”

Instead of answering, the man, who had cast his gaze towards the sky behind Lenok, said.

“Because there is only one thing to do when the Thunder God Sanctuary opens.”

“…”

A slightly different reaction from the Thorben mages who were eager to fight Lenok even once.

The man stretched out his hand to the side.

“I’ll help.”

“What?”

Flash!!

A bolt of lightning that fell from the dark clouds landed in the man’s hand at an incredible speed.

The sapphire-blue flickering lightning stretched out, transforming into the shape of a giant glaive [a polearm with a blade at the end].

A divine skill that goes beyond lightning magic that shapes real lightning, processing it into a spell weapon on the spot.

The man, holding the glaive with a tingling aura, moved towards Lenok.

Pajijijijik!!!

The sound of earsplitting noise echoed just from slowly dragging the shaft and walking.

A sharp atmosphere that seemed like they were about to start fighting at any moment.

While Lenok watched the man with his arms crossed, the man walked past Lenok.

At that moment, a powerful pillar of lightning descended from beyond the cloudy sky.

A pillar of sapphire-glowing lightning pierced straight through the center of the war tower.

Kwaaaaaa!!!

A deafening roar. A blaze that seemed to burn and electrify all things in the universe.

A giant pillar of lightning, dozens of meters in radius, pierced through the half-destroyed deck.

However, the shock of the lightning that seemed to sweep over the deck did not spread to the surroundings.

The moment the man holding the glaive twisted the blade into the pillar, the shock spreading from all directions began to converge into one point.

Kwawoooong!!!

The rough roar transformed into a strange resonance, gently sweeping over the deck.

The blue-masked man, who had been watching the descending pillar of lightning, turned his gaze towards Lenok.

“The time that place opens is only for a moment. Hurry.”

“…You.”

Lenok, narrowing his eyes, asked.

“You’re not just at the beginning of the 8th level. Is a mage like you not a descendant of the tower lord?”

The glaive created by the blue-masked man was not simply a weapon made by forging lightning.

This man had grabbed the falling lightning before his eyes and literally created an artifact directly.

That glaive was a spell weapon itself, optimized for its owner, imbued with the caster’s will and image.

Because it had the level of completion to be completed as a spell weapon, it could even withstand the backlash of the Thunder God Sanctuary opening and act as a connecting bridge.

The fact that he was so adept at imbuing will and image into matter was proof that he was not just at the level of having just transcended the hierarchy.

“I have not been granted the right to enter the Thunder God Sanctuary.”

The man said calmly.

“The blessing of lightning I received is an inevitable result of my birth… it’s different from a ‘chosen’ being like you.”

“…”

Kuoohhhh!!!

A giant pillar of lightning piercing through the entire war tower.

The man, pointing to the center, said in a nonchalant voice.

“There is only one chance to gain something there, and only one chance to leave something behind.”

“…”

“It would be wise to decide carefully.”

Lenok stared at the man for a moment, then turned his gaze towards Lyell, who had climbed onto the pavilion on the other side.

Lyell, looking down at him with a calm expression, and next to her, a young-looking woman, smiling brightly.

Noticing his gaze, she even shouted something and waved her hand with a cheerful air.

At this point, when the battle had subsided, was it impossible to get a clear answer?

Thinking that far, Lenok walked past the man and into the pillar of lightning.

Pajik, pajik…!!!

The heat of the falling lightning was so intense that it felt like his toes were literally burning.

However, Lenok ignored the heat and lightning and fearlessly stepped inside.

Unless it was lightning mixed with an image, Lenok’s lightning resistance was close to immunity.

If it was the power of lightning that existed as a phenomenon or concept, it could not harm Lenok’s body.

Confident in that, Lenok took a step towards the entrance of the Thunder God Sanctuary.

“…”

Lightning at its extreme transcends space and time, repeating precedence and regression.

When one realizes that the concept of space and time itself is meaningless in the face of prescience, that is the path to standing at the beginning of precedence over causality.

Standing before all compatibility and causality, the extreme lightning that pierces through a human’s life.

Paat!!!

The moment he regained his senses, Lenok was standing in the middle of an armory filled with pure white lightning.

Endless paths stretched out in front of and behind Lenok.

Intense lightning barriers, glowing pure white and flickering, on both sides.

Between them, all kinds of weapons of unknown origin and type were lined up.

It was as if he was standing alone in a giant hall made of lightning.

He felt a simultaneous sense of loneliness, as if he had been left alone in the world, and a sense of fulfillment that made his heart swell.

He felt as if he had entrusted himself to a very old and vast flow, and was only now recognizing it for the first time.

“…I see.”

Lenok could understand that the Thunder God Sanctuary was not simply a sanctuary that was responsible for the power of the war tower.

This was not a place created for the purpose of supplying energy to the tower.

The energy emitted from this sanctuary was merely a byproduct of the miracle of this space’s existence.

Just as the principle by which the war tower flew was, the existence of this space was the same.

Perhaps, the value that Thorben’s lightning pursued was literally close to inevitability-

[A face I haven’t seen before has entered. It seems the people of the mortal world have handled things carelessly again.]

At that moment, a listless voice echoed from behind Lenok.

A neutral voice that was impossible to tell whether it was male or female.

An ambiguous echo that was impossible to distinguish whether it was human or spirit.

However, Lenok closed his mouth upon seeing the location from which the voice had emanated and the object from which the echo had spread.

Pajik, pajik…!!

A lightning spear that was particularly large in size throughout this armory.

The lightning spear, which seemed to be dozens of meters long, was bursting with power, stuck diagonally in the center of the armory hall.

[How can one accomplish great things if the door of prescience is so light? It’s absurd.]

“…”

A living lightning. Was it literally a lightning bolt with its own will?

While Lenok was at a loss for words, looking up at the lightning spear with its overwhelming and unfathomable will,

The giant lightning spear flashed its power towards Lenok and asked.

[If you have a mouth, why don’t you say something? So, where did Akendrias die?]

“The tower lord is still alive.”

[What?]

“He told me about this place and invited me to enter.”

Lenok asked, staring at the spear.

“It seems you are the guide of the Thunder God Sanctuary, but I would like to hear an explanation about this space first.”

[…You have gained the right to enter the Thunder God Sanctuary even though Akendrias is alive.]

The voice, finally understanding Lenok’s words, was tinged with laughter.

[This is quite interesting. Does that mean you have truly surpassed his achievements?]

“I’ve never compared our achievements. What does that mean?”

[The only mortal who can enter the Thunder God Sanctuary is one human who has mastered the unique lightning magic to its limit.]

The spear said.

[The fact that you are here is possible because you are at the forefront of those who have engraved the causality of lightning.]

“…”

[If this has happened even though Akendrias is alive, wouldn’t it be because you have built up achievements that surpass him?]

“That’s…”

No, the moment Lenok heard those words, he realized that it was not true.

In fact, even after fighting the tower lord directly, Lenok could not be sure that he had surpassed the tower lord in terms of the achievement of lightning magic.

That was how deep and vast Akendrias El Thorben’s power and enlightenment were, to the point that even Lenok could not fully understand them right away.

However, Lenok thought he could guess why the spear had judged him to be such a being.

The turning point gained by mastering the unique lightning magic to its limit.

The source image of lightning that Lenok would inevitably reach someday.

The existence of the Eight-Linked Lightning Palace [a concept or place related to lightning magic] was what made this Thunder God Sanctuary judge Lenok as such a being and allow him to enter.

‘Could it be that the tower lord had even guessed this far?’

In the battle with the tower lord, Lenok had indirectly stated the answer he was drawing.

An answer that Lenok himself would become the standard of learning, drawing answers beyond the past and future.

The tower lord had read through that, that Lenok would be able to enter the Thunder God Sanctuary without any problems, and had invited Lenok to enter.

[You’re answering to yourself, then suddenly spacing out… this candidate for the next generation is a strange one.]

“The tower lord said that I would be able to complete the preparations I wanted here.”

Lenok asked.

“He spoke as if this space itself was a place prepared for him.”

[…]

“Do the weapons that exist in this Thunder God Sanctuary serve as such means?”

The spear did not answer Lenok’s question immediately.

[It seems that you see the things gathered here as weapons.]

“What?”

[It doesn’t matter. If you have that much of a challenging nature, it’s understandable why Akendrias gave up his position.]

The spear said.

[You’re wrong about one thing. The Thunder God Sanctuary is not a place to store specific weapons or rituals.]

Pajik, pajik…!!

The pure white lightning flashed.

Along with it, the surrounding scenery began to accelerate at a dizzying speed.

The path of lightning that only went straight ahead endlessly, without changing direction left or right.

[Lightning that has reached its limit transcends all perception and speed, and regresses.]

The spear said.

[Therefore, enlightenment that transcends the horizon of thought is passed down and inherited across time and space.]

“…Transcends the horizon of thought?”

[The Thunder God Sanctuary is a sanctuary that engraves all the enlightenment about lightning that has existed beyond the timeline. The only proof that the power of great lightning has been passed down beyond the world.]

“…”

[So choose, human.]

Kugugugugu!!!!

Before he knew it, in the dazzling hall of light, the radiance of the giant spear, stuck diagonally, was swirling intensely.

The spear’s power, which was so overbearing that it felt arrogant, whispered to Lenok.

[What enlightenment will you engrave here, and what prescience will you take instead? The opportunity will only exist once for anyone.]

“Take it.”

Lenok asked, staring at the lightning flowing from the spear.

“Does the talking lightning spear happen to be included in that target?”

[…What?]

Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]

Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]

The Genius Wizard who takes Medicine, 약먹는 천재마법사 약먹는 천재 마법사
Status: Ongoing Author: Native Language: Korean
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In "Genius Wizard Takes Medicine," the protagonist, an avid gamer, meticulously crafts the ultimate wizard character in the game "World" by maximizing magical abilities and accepting numerous disadvantageous traits. However, he suddenly finds himself transmigrated into this very character—a prodigious talent who cannot survive a single day without relying on drugs. Set against a cyberpunk fantasy backdrop, the story blends action, adventure, and intricate magic systems, inviting readers to explore a world where extraordinary power comes at a significant cost.

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